Guard for gas-stove cocks



1. LAYDON. GUARD FOR GAS STOVE COCKS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9. |919.

A TTH/VEYS Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

' are merely Y il JOHN LAYDON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GUARD FOR GAS-STOVE OOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatented'Sept. 7, 1920.

Application tiled September 9, 1919. Serial No. 322,080.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JoHN LAYnoN, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the cit of New York, borough of Brookl n, in t ie county of Kings and State of ew York, have invented a new and Im-I proved Guard for Gas- Stove Cocks, of which the following is a description.

M invention relates to an attachment to be applied to a gas stove to prevent the accidental opening of the gas cocks by a person brushing past the same or the striking of the handle of the cock by another object.

The general object of my invention 1s to provide a device for the indicated pur ose exceedingly simple and durable and w iich when applied to the stove or range ma be readily adjusted to close and uard t ose cocks not in use while permitting any selected cock to be opened. j

Reference'is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilication, it bein understood that the drawings lustrative of examples of the invention.`

Figure l isa side elevation of a guard embodying my invention showing the same ap lied to a gas stove illustrated inl part;

ig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2 2,

Fig. B'is a partly sectional side. elevation of a guard embodying my invention 1n another form;

Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 1 -4, Fi .3.

n the illustration the letter A indicates a part of the gas stove; B, the gas distributing pipe ,adapted to be connected with the source of supply in the usual manner; (l, the connections leading from the pipe B to the burners and arranged in practice to con duct gas to the latter and to admit air for producing a Bunsen flame as. usual' and D represents the gas cocks provided with handles d.

In carrying out my invention in the form shown in Figs. l and 2, the elongated tubular element 10 is provided presentin a lonitudinal slot 1l extending from en to end.

aid slot 11 is defined in practice by the convergent edge portions of tube 10. The arrangement is such that the tube 10 may be passed endwise over the several cocks when the latter are in the closed position, the edges 12 of the tube resting on the globular bodies-of the cocks at the top, the width of'. the slot 111 being such as to result inthe said edges finding a rest iiisliding engage` ment w1th the stove'or its appurtenances to sustain the tube out of contact with the handles d ofthe cocks. The tube is preferably open at .both ends so that it may be moved in eitherdirection to expose either one or more of the cocks that may be ref quired for use. When the stove is not in use then the tube 1s slid to aposition covering allthe cocks, thereby positively preventin f the accidental turnin of the cocks.

' he for'in shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is deslots 1l at the bottom defined by t e lower' edge portions 12EI of the convergent sides' of the tubular sections. The inner tubular section affords support on the bodies of the cocks or adjacent fixed members to be sustained free of the handles al as previously referred to while the outer shell or section finds support on the inner section. The tubes are non-circular in cross section in order that they ma have no relative turnin movement and t ereb their slots are a ways maintained in a inement. The outer section 1Qa is open at both ends so that the inner section may be projected beyond either end thereof for the convenient freeinrr of any particular cock D. Inthe extended5 position of the sections 10, 10", the will have a total length sufiicient to cover a l the cocks of the stove and effectively guard the same,

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes practical enibodiments of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated since manifestly the saine can be considera ly, varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as delined in the appended claims. l'

Having thus described my invention, I claim: I

1. A uard for gas stove cocks includin telescoping tubular sections having aline longitudinal slots at the under side, and being o en-ended to permit the guard to be passe over the gas cocks by an endwise movement of the guard.

2. A guard for gas stove cocks includin telescoping tubular sections having aline longitudinal slots at the under side, and being o en-ended to permit the guard to be passe over the gas cocks by an endwise movement of the guard, the edges of the inner section at the slot thereof bem adapted to rest on stationary parts of t e stove to slide thereon and sustain both sections out of engagement with the handles of the gascocks.

3. A guard for gas stove cocks including telescoplng tubular sections having alined longitudinal slots at the under side, and being o en-ended to permit the guard to be passe over the gas cocks b an endwise movement 'of the guard, sai tubular sections being relatively non-turnable to maintain the slots thereof in register.

A ltubular guard for -sa1d guard presentin a longitudinal slot at the under side an being open-ended'to permlt of the ard being slip d endwise over the severa gas cocks the ege e portions of the slot being directed latera ly inward toward each other and adapted to slidably rest on the bodies of the several cocks, to slide thereon.

5., A ard for gas stove cocks, including telescopmg tubular sections havin registering slots therein at the under s1de,.'said sections being open at an end thereof to permit the guard to be passed over the gas clocksd by an, endwise -movement of said guar JOHN LAYDONA.

gas stove cocks; 

